Weymouth Sons of Italy lodge turning 100
QUINCY – A century ago, 15 members of the Weymouth Sons of Italy posed together for a photo on the steps of their fledgling lodge. They were wearing dark, three-piece suits and scuffed black boots. About half of them had bushy mustaches that turned up at ...
Pirlo not ready for Italy retirement - Conte
Rome (AFP) - Andrea Pirlo may yet don an Italy shirt again despite suggesting after the World Cup he would move aside for younger talent, new national team boss Antonio Conte said Sunday. "I wanted to be sure that he still had the same old fire," Conte ...
We Must Move Along In Unity-NPP Italy
Mr Owusu Boateng, External Branch Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Italy has urged the leadership of the party to develop guidelines to prevent the emergence of splinter groups and to forestall future divisions. “We must move along in unity ...
ISIS Target Pope Francis Update: Italy Steps Up Security After Multiple New Warnings Against Pope's Safety
After earlier reports this week claiming that Pope Francis might be a target of the Islamic State militant group, otherwise known as ISIS, were dismissed by the Vatican, new reports state increasing concern for the pontiff's-and the public's-safety, The ...
Torres out to join Spanish successes in Italy
After signing Fernando Torres on a two-year loan from Chelsea FC, AC Milan hope the 30-year-old striker will debunk the myth that Spanish players face a hard life in Italy. "I was close to signing for Milan when I was at Atlético Madrid; it was a long ...
New Liverpool striker Balotelli dropped from Conte's first Italy squad
New Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been left out of Antonio Conte's first Italy squad. Balotelli, who joined Liverpool from AC Milan for £16 million ($26.5 million) last week, has not been included in the 27-man squad for Thursday's friendly ...
Conte leaves Balotelli out of first Italy squad
The new Azzurri boss unveiled his first team and has omitted the Liverpool striker, which could be down to his suspension from the Euro 2016 qualifier against Norway Antonio Conte has announced his first squad since taking over as coach of Italy and has ...
Italy's Serie A tries to get higher grades
What it didn't win, however, was Italy's Serie A championship. Because while Roma was rewriting the team record book, Juventus was making league history, winning 33 of 38 games and cruising to its third consecutive title. And therein lies the lesson Roma ...
Otto maintains lead in Italy
Turin, Italy (SportsNetwork.com) - Hennie Otto carded a third-round, 1-under 71 on Saturday and he maintained his lead heading into the final day at the Italian Open. Otto, who entered the day with a 3-shot lead over Bernd Wiesberger, finished 54 holes at ...
Italy's Renzi tries new reform plan as economy sinks
ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Friday presented a plan to quicken the pace of Italian justice and break down bureaucratic obstacles to investment as fresh data pointed to a further deterioration in Italy's recession bound economy.